Comments on: SHOCK! Sky News Closes Second Life News Bureau!!!

By: Two Worlds

Two Worlds — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:03:38 +0000

mooty, I like the cut of your jib.

By: Orion

Orion — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:12:19 +0000

Just goes to show that in the grand scheme of things a world full of gamers dominated by immature and childish attitudes really doesn’t mean all that much.

By: Darien Caldwell

Darien Caldwell — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:49:32 +0000

Aren’t they the ones always making up fake news? Oh wait…

By: Spacetard

Spacetard — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:39:51 +0000

SHOCK – HERALD PRINTS ARTICLE, NOBODY CARES, READERSHIP NUMBERS PLUMMET.

By: Alyx Stoklitsky

Alyx Stoklitsky — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:50:01 +0000

>Gosh what a loss for Second Life. They broke soooo many important stories.
>I guess it never occurred to them to try actual reporting.

You’re under the impression that there’s more than a tiny handful of stories in SL that are of interest to more than an equally tiny handful of people.

Given that the majority of herald articles are drama pumps and plugs for whatever ‘virtual world’ (read: videogame) pix decides is going to take down SL next, it’s not hard to see that the vast, vast majority of SL ‘news’ is about rival groups of perverts and trolls doing things to piss eachother off, and content ‘creators’ (read: people who recreate everything Ulorin Vex and Emilie Autumn are ever photographed wearing) crying about copybot.

Please tell me, Uri, what ‘important stories’ they could have reported that more than a few hundred to a few thousand people would have given a shit about.

By: mootykips

mootykips — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:48:31 +0000

ah yes, the perils of legitimate journalism in the metaverse 2.0 e-virtual reality world place application software innovation simulator SL. i can just imagine a traditional publication with deadlines and requiring weekly content attempting to “report”, with headlines like “babyfur angry at other prominent babyfur, sends heated message that will not be delivered until the player next logs on”, “shocker: island has inflated traffic values”, and “innovation in sculpted genitalia soon to hit the market”. it would be somewhat like a CNN reporter being dropped in the middle of the Sahara Desert, eventually becoming so delusional through dehydration that they resort to interviewing cacti.

By: Urizenus Sklar

Urizenus Sklar — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:45:07 +0000

Gosh what a loss for Second Life. They broke soooo many important stories.

It is just classic old media to come into SL and think the first thing you have to do is buy an island and pay someone to construct a monument to you on the island. I guess it never occurred to them to try actual reporting.

By: lol

lol — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:29:39 +0000

Like it’s said,the only ones using sl now are furfags

By: Corona anatine

Corona anatine — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:58:29 +0000

a sky channel closes = no great loss